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Private Equity Delivers High Risk, Low Returns, and Costly Fees
Private equity does not deliver the superior returns that its advocates insist justify pension fund investment in this sector, and would be highly risky for retail investors, according to a new report published by the AFT and Americans for Financial…
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From Public Pensions to Private Fortunes: How Working People’s Retirements Line Billionaire Pockets
Despite the many negative impacts of the private equity business model on working people, it is working people’s own capital in the form of public pension funds that private equity has relied upon for its expansion. Over a trillion dollars in private equity deals close each year, and public pension funds are by far their…
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The Progressive Magazine: States Take the Lead in Reining in Private Equity’s Investment in Health Care
“It’s not an investment, but an extraction,” says Aditi Sen, managing director of research and campaigns for the Americans for Financial Reform, a coalition of groups advocating for a strong, stable, and ethical financial system. “The profit-seeking that is built into this model is really going to go after cost-cutting as the primary strategy for…
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Nerdwallet: The CFPB Is Still Standing … Barely. But Is It Doing Anything?
“We are at a pivotal moment for all that was, all that has been and what could be…The CFPB has done tremendous work since its inception.” -Amanda Jackson, AFR
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The Times-Union: Lawmakers question leadership swap at company managing CDPAP home care program
Having Kapoor installed as the company’s CEO will give Linden more direct control over its financial decisions, said Aditi Sen, managing director of research and campaigns at Americans for Financial Reform, a group that advocates for tighter regulation of financial industries.
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Fact Sheet: CLARITY Act Worse than Last Year’s FIT 21 Crypto Deregulation
From Bad to WorseKey Differences Between Crypto-Backed CLARITY Act and FIT 21 Deregulation Click here for a PDF of this document. This year’s crypto market structure legislation promoted by the industry shares many of the flaws of last year’s crypto legislation, but the deregulatory elements in the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act of 2025 (H.R.
